Cord-tube for suspenders and the like.



E. N. HUMPHREY.

com) TUBE FOR SUSPENDERS AND THE LIKE.

APPLICATION FlLED MAR. 31. I915.

Patented Nov. 23, 1915.

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ERNEST NuHUlVIEHREY, OF NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE TRAUT &

I-IINE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF NEW BRITAIN, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORA- TION OF CONNECTICUT' CORD-TUBE FOR SUSPENDERS AND THE LIKE.

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Specification of Letters Patent. 7

Patented Nov. 23, 1915.

Application filed March 31, 1915. Serial No. 18,216.

To all whom it may concern 7 Be it known that LEnNEs'r N. HUMPHREY,

a citizen of the United States, residing at New Britain, county of Hartford, State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cord-Tubes for Suspenders and the like, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to cord guides for suspenders and the like and particularly to a construction of rigid cord guide permitting compensating action on the part of the suspender cord. Such cord guides are usually supported from a strap carrying bar, as is the usual swinging suspender cord guidefthe particular construction of bar being unimportant as far as the purposes of the present invention are concerned.

A preferable embodiment of my invention shown in connection with a suitable supporting bar, is illustrated in the accompanying drawings and described in the following detailed specification.

In these drawings,'Figure 1 is a perspective view of a supporting bar having attached thereto a cord guide constructed in accordance with the present invention, the suspender webbing being indicated in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a vertical section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1. Figs. 3 and 4 are enlarged detail views of the guide housing and the segmental rocker or guide member.

Referring to these drawings by numerals, 1 indicates a U-shaped bar or plate designed to be enveloped within the folded end of a suspender webbing, the bar being provided at one edge with gripping teeth 2, which will grip into the end of the webbing, the'latter being thereafter folded on the plate to envelop the same. This bar 1 is slotted at one side as at 3 so that the opposite side of the bar may be embraced by the supporting arms at of the cord guide, these armsextending through a suitable aperture formed in the webbing so that the'cord guide proper may be located beyond the end of the webbing. This cord guide and the arms are preferably formed integral. To this end a strip of metal of the desired length may thence merge into the supporting arms t.

These parts form a housing within which is mounted a swinging cord engaged member. To this end; the base 5 is provided with a fulcrum socket 8 extending longitudinally in the direction of the length of metal strap. The side walls 6 of the housing intermediate their ends and at diametrically opposite points are punched inwardly to provide stop pins or projections 9 cooper ating with the swinging cord engaged member. This member may be formed of any desirable substance, such as hard rubber, for

instance, and is formed as a segment 10 7 having its lower face cut away to provide a V-shaped fulcruming ridge 11 extending transversely thereof. This ridge seats in the fulcruming socket 8 of the housing and the stop pins 9 are designed to project into an elongated curved slot or slots. 12 formed in the segment intermediate its top and bottom, the arc of the slot being struck on the radius of swinging movement of the segment. Sufficient space will be provided above the curved upper face of this segment and the under face of the cord guide housing to permit the free passage therethrough of a suspender cord 13, which is preferably inserted between the sides of the housing before the housing is permanently closed at the top. This cord will rest upon the curved upper face of the segment under normal working conditions and in the event one end of the cord guide moves downwardly and theother upwardly, the segment 10 will swing owing to the pressure or friction thereagainst of the cord. The degree of swing will be determined by the length of the curved slot or slots 12, the pins 9 and the ridge 11 with its socket acting to retain the segment within the housing when once assembled. With such a cord guide it will be seen that while the cord guide housing and its support may be relatively stationary the'guiding segment 10 may oscillate and therefore compensating action may take place as in the pivoted type of cord guide wherein the cord guide is pivoted to its support. I

The structure described represents one desirable embodiment of the invention and is preferable, but it will be obvious that it is susceptible of variation within the spirit of the invention as well as within the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim therefore and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A cord guide comprising a sheet metal housing having a seat therein, a cord-guiding swinging member resting in said seat and within said housing, said member having a curved slot therein, a projecting stop carried by said frame and entering said slot to limit the swinging movement of said member.

2. A cord guide comprising a sheet metal housing having a seat therein, a cord-guiding swinging member resting in said seat and Within said housing, said member hav- 7 Copies of this patent may be obtained for ing a curved slot therein, a projecting stop carried by said frame and entering said slot to limit the swinging movement of said member, said means also serving to hold said parts in cooperating relation.

3. A cord guide comprising a sheet metal housing having a base and integral sides, said base having a socket formed therein, a

segmental cord bearing having a bearing secting in and fulcruming on said socket portion and having a curved slot therein, said housing sides being indented to form projections extending into said curved slots to limit said segment in its swinging move ment.

ERNEST N. HUMPHREY.

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